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Goodbye

© By Heather M. Williams

At first when we met

We said hi

Now we’re still friends

But we’ve said goodbye 

I gave you a chance

And you rejected 

You said it’s not good right now

And you stand corrected

You see what you’ve lost

At least I hope you do 

You see what others can have

But not you

I don’t mean to sound conceited

Or vain in any way 

I’m just merely pointing out

What you had, and threw away

I liked you a lot

I honestly did 

But did you feel the same?

Were there feelings you hid?

If you had feelings for me

You didn’t show it 

Because things are over now

And I didn’t know it

If you didn’t have feelings

Then why did you say so 

When the only person you trust, lies

Then where do you go?

I just wanted to say

Thought you needed to know

These feelings I have

Need to be let go

At
Last
Elizabeth Akers Allen

At last, when all the summer shine
   That warmed life’s early hours is past,
Your loving fingers seek for mine
   And hold them close—at last—at last!
Not oft the robin comes to build
   Its nest upon the leafless bough
By autumn robbed, by winter chilled,—
   But you, dear heart, you love me now.

Though there are shadows on my brow
   And furrows on my cheek, in truth,—
The marks where Time’s remorseless plough
   Broke up the blooming sward of Youth,—
Though fled is every girlish grace
   Might win or hold a lover’s vow,
Despite my sad and faded face,
   And darkened heart, you love me now!

I count no more my wasted tears;
   They left no echo of their fall;
I mourn no more my lonesome years;
   This blessed hour atones for all.
I fear not all that Time or Fate
   May bring to burden heart or brow,—
Strong in the love that came so late,
   Our souls shall keep it always now!